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    <td rowspan=2><h1 class="pagetitle">voice-family</h1>
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<tr><th align=left><b class="l3heading">Default Value: </b><br></th>
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    <td><a href="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-CSS2/aural.html#voice-char-props">CSS2: Sect. 19.8</a>,
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<dt><big><b class="mainheading">What is it?</b></big>
    <dd>This property indicates a comma-separated, prioritized list (left to
        right in decreasing priority) of specific and/or generic voice family
        names. At least one specific or general voice family must be given and
        it is wise to include a generic voice family as well in case the user
        does not have any of the specific voices listed. If no match is made,
        the browser default voice family should be used.
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<dt><br><big><b class="mainheading">Allowed Values</b></big>
<dt><b class="subheading">inherit</b></dt>
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    <dd><b class="l3heading">Type:</b> Explicit</dd>
    <dd><b class="l3heading">Description:</b><br>
        Explicitly sets the value of this property to that of the parent.</dd>

<dt><b class="subheading">male|female|child</b></dt>
<dt>[<b><i class="fs">CSS2</i></b>|<b class="s">CSS2.1</b>]</dt>
    <dd><b class="l3heading">Type:</b> Explicit</dd>
    <dd><b class="l3heading">Description:</b><br>
        These indicate a generic family of voices, of which any specific voice
        can be grouped under.</dd>

<dt><b class="subheading">[specific voice]</b></dt>
<dt>[<b><i class="fs">CSS2</i></b>|<b class="s">CSS2.1</b>]</dt>
    <dd><b class="l3heading">Type:</b> Explicit</dd>
    <dd><b class="l3heading">Description:</b><br>
        This value is a string identifying a specific voice on the user's system.
        Names containing whitespace should be quoted.</dd>
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<dt><big><b class="mainheading">Example</b></big>
    <dd><div class="example">Ext/Doc: <b class="selector">strong</b> {
        <span class="property">voice-family:</span> "Bob Barker", "Monty Hall", male }</div>
    <dd><div class="example">In-Line:&#160; &lt;<b class="tagname">strong</b>
        <span class="tagattrib">STYLE</span>=&quot;<span class="property">voice-family:</span>
        'Bob Barker', 'Monty Hall', male&quot;&gt;Tell her what she's
        won!!&lt;/<b class="tagname">strong</b>&gt;</div>
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<big><b class="mainheading">Notes</b></big>
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    <li>Before its inclusion in CSS2, this property was first proposed in the W3C
        Working Draft "Aural Cascading Style Sheets (ACSS)" (1/7/97,
        <a href="http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/Speech/NOTE-ACSS">http://www.w3.org/Style/CSS/Speech/NOTE-ACSS</a>)
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